Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-15

cemetery which was heightened by a num-
Der of civic and military organizations, was
in charge of Gen. Sheridan.
This was the sixth funeral that has ia
ken place in the senate chamber.
Among the tributes that are paid to the
deceased senator, the honesty OF his legls-
lative life was lost sight OF. In an ares
when corruption was rife, and when many
of the strongest men Of both parties were
broken down and blasted by public expos
ure or denunciation, which was almost as
fatal, Logan escaped all these long years
untouched even by suspicion. Although
his political friends accused him of being
narrow in his prejudices sometimes, even
they acknowledged that he was a firm,
sincere friend who never stopped to ny
pocrccy.
The denomination of Mr.. Mathews, the
colored lawyer from Albany, to be recor-
der of deeds in the District of Columbia,
promises to become a celebrated case.
The president holds that since the senate
rejected him last summer, much of the
opposition to Mathews appointment has
been removed by the latter's management
of the office. The democrats are indig-
nant that the president should have again
seen fit to send in the name Of this Gear
petbagger from Albany as they call him,
and the republicans are watching with in
terest to see how the senate will treat the
case of the nominee which it rejected last
session.
In renominating Mr.. Mathews the pres
ident said to the senate: Il have ventured
in view of the demonstrated fitness of this
nominee, and with the understanding that
the objections heretofore urged against
his selection have to a great extent sub
sided, and confessing q desire to tender to
our colored fellow citizens just recogni-
ton and the utmost good faith, to again
submit this nomination to the senate for
confirmation, at the same time dlsclaim-
ing any intention to question its previous
action in the premises" The matter will
cause a warm discussion soon, and it is
probable that Mr.. Mathews will be reject
ed again.
Congress did a good deal of work in the
brief time that it convened before the hol-
idays, and it should not be severely cen
sursd if it did nothing more this session
except to pass the regular appropriation
bills. Still much more is projected. Rep
resentativs Springer says he will do all he
can TO pass his bill enabling the territories
| of Dakota, Montana, New Mexico and
Washington to enter the Union as states,
and he thinks he may succeed.
There are Two propositions pending be-
fore congress now relative to the subject
of marriage and divorce and whether or
not any &C. ion will be taken on either Of
them, the question involved is n of
Importance and constantly increasing in
terest. One of these measures proposes a
constitutional amendment for the estab-
lish1nent of uniform laws throughout the
United States regulating marriage and di-
voree.
The White House patient has been re-
fractory and consequently he is not so well
as he otherwise might have been. The
presidents physician warned him to keep
still and not expose himself to drafts, and
both of these orders were disobeyed. Then
on Wednesday afternoon the president
drove out to his country place in an open
Victoria, and caught a severe cold.
The presidents tro1ble is a rheumatic
knee and everything is being done to pre-
vent the disease from spreading, but, said
the doctor, no medical skill has ever yet
been able to con6ne rheumatism to Il
part of the body. In the case Of General
Logan it was the special aim Of the physi-
clans t keep it from the heart. While
they succeeded in doing this, it attacked
the brain. The president hopes, however,
to be equal to the ordeal Of the usual
reception at the white house.
An Experiment in Mule Culture.